Sun, 9 Oct 2005, 03:15 PM Competition Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations

By Rick Green

ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 3 eliminations in Competition Eliminator at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 20th annual O'Reilly NHRA Fall Nationals presented by Castrol Syntec:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4216 Charles Watson Jr                     429 Raymond Martin               
E3   ****WINNER****  0.011  8.891 150.80                     0.009  7.869 165.19
        H/A Index: 9.36 (+/-): -0.469            K/AA Index: 8.32 (+/-): -0.451
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Shalkowski) 0.126  8.854 -0.506      (B Kent      ) 0.003  7.821 -0.499
E1    (P Carbery   ) 0.040  8.854 -0.556      (S Cashio    ) 0.049  7.815 -0.575
 Qualified:            #23  8.930 -0.480                       #19  7.836 -0.554

Weather conditions: air temperature 77 degrees, relative humidity 33 percent, barometer 29.74 inches, adjusted altitude 1,554 feet, track temperature 103 degrees.

Charles Watson Jr's MOV: 0.0162 seconds (approximately 4 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   41 Rodger Brogdon                         55 Richard Freeman              
E3                   0.020  7.885 171.10     ****WINNER****  0.026  8.530 159.38
       A/SM Index: 8.41 (+/-): -0.525           D/SMA Index: 9.09 (+/-): -0.560
 Prior rounds:
E2    (G Porter    ) 0.031  7.923 -0.487      (D Howerton  ) 0.050  9.561  0.471
E1    (C Smiley    ) 0.050  7.909 -0.571      (C Stewart   ) 0.123  8.590 -0.550
 Qualified:            #13  7.875 -0.605                        #1  8.430 -0.710

Richard Freeman's MOV: 0.0297 seconds (approximately 7 feet). Freeman will face Watson in the semifinal.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5731 Thomas Schmidt                          8 David Rampy                  
E3                   0.033  8.621 141.49     ****WINNER****  0.046  7.346 168.45
       C/SR Index: 9.16 (+/-): -0.539            A/EA Index: 7.97 (+/-): -0.624
 Prior rounds:
E2    (T Stull     ) 0.021  8.671 -0.489      (T Patterson ) 0.137  7.804 -0.166
E1    (A White     ) 0.149  8.659 -0.581      (M Trumble   ) 0.050  7.476 -0.494
 Qualified:             #6  8.601 -0.639                       #10  7.352 -0.618

Rampy will take the win and a hit here.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   45 Craig Bourgeois                       433 Bill Morse                   
E3   ****WINNER****  0.057  7.041 157.01                     0.152  8.888 150.36
       A/ND Index: 7.54 (+/-): -0.499            F/SM Index: 9.39 (+/-): -0.502
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Tanksley  ) 0.014  7.031 -0.539      (K Self      ) 0.018 10.010  0.620
E1    (C Williams  ) 0.027  7.144 -0.426      (R Goodman   ) 0.195  8.886 -0.564
 Qualified:             #8  6.936 -0.634                       #12  8.843 -0.607

Bourgeois will face Rampy in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink